Fish scaler



R. C. HARTLEB.

FISH. SCALER. APPzlcATloN FILED MAR.15. 1922.

v'Patented Aug. l, 1922.

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' RUDGLPI-I C. HARTLEB, 0F CAMBRIDGE, MARELANID, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0EMANUEL REINER, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. i

FISH SCALER.

Specification of Letters latent,

Patented Aug, 1, 1922,

Original application filed July 1S, 1921, Serial No. 485,489. Dividedand this application filed March 1 5, 1922. Serial No. 544,093.

To all w/tom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH C.A HART- LnB, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Cambridge, in the county of Dorchester and State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'FishSealers (the same beinga division of my pending application Serial No.485,489, filed July 18, 1921), of which the folloiving is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in fish scalers and is a divisionof my pending application, Serial No. 485,489, filed July 18, 1921, andit is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved deviceof this general character which can be conveniently manipulated to scalea fish.

rlhe invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved fishsealer whereby certain important advantages are attained and the devicerendered simpler, less expensive and ot-herwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a fish sealer constructed inaccordance with an embodiment of my invention; and

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 generally represents thebody of the device which is constructed of a single piece or strip ofsheet metal doubled upon itself to form opposite sides 2 and 3, In thebight or connecting portion of the sides 2 and 3 the body 1 is formedinto a circular head or jaw 4, one edge of which is formed to producethe serrations or saw teeth 5 which serve to remove the scales of thefish.

Immediately adjacent the jaw or head 4 the sides 2 and 3 are broughttogether and preferably joined by a rivet 6 which holds the partsagainst lateral or longitudinal relative shifting. The sides are thenwidened out so as to produce the handle 7 and the sides 2 and 3throughout the length of the handle are made concave-convex with theouter face convex as shown. Beyond the handle and at the opposite end ofthe sides 2 and 8 from the head 4, the sides are bent inwardly towardone another so as to produce the parallel extensions 8 between which thebutt end 9 of the knife blade 10 is pivoted.

In operation, the handle is grasped by the operator and the jaw or head2 with its accompanying saw teeth pulled over a side of a fish whichreadily removes the scales. The instrument may then be readily reversedin the hand of the operator and the knife blade 10 used for cleaning thefish in the usual manner.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a fishsealer constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly welladapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which itmay be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that myinvention is susceptible of some change and modification withoutdeparting from. the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason Ido not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precisearrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carryingout my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising` a member constructed of asingle piece of metal bent back upon itself to have substantiallyparallel sides, means for connecting the outer extremities of saidsides, the intermediate portion of the member being enlarged to providea head, a marginal portion of said head having serrations.

2. A device of the class described comprising a member constructed of asingle piece of metal bent back upon itself to have substantiallyparallel sides, means for connecting` the outer extremities of saidsides, the intermediate portion of the member being enlarged to providea head, a marginal portion of said head having serrations, the enlar edportion of the member being substantily circulan 3. A device of theclass described comprising a member Constructed of a singlev piece ofmetal bent back upon itself tol have substantially parallel sides, meansfor Connecting the outer extremities of said sides,

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RUDOLPH C. HARTLEB.

